Beef / Pork

Cabbage Cigars takes several minutes to prepare.

Cabbage Cigars takes 60 minutes to cook.

Cabbage Cigars makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Cabbage Cigars are:

16 large cabbage leaves
1 lb lean ground beef
1 medium chopped onion
1 cup cooked white rice
1 tsp fresh chopped mint
3 large tomatoes (seeds removed)
2 cloves of garlic
2 tbsp margarine
2 lemons
salt and pepper

Here is how you make Cabbage Cigars:

Boil the cabbage leaves for 5 minutes. Drain. Mix the meat, rice, onion, salt, pepper and mint. Place mixture on center of cabbage leave, fold the edges and roll them into 12 cabbage cigars. In a big pot set the remaining 4 cabbage leaves on the bottom of the pan, opened. Arrange the cigars on top of those, side by side.Blend the tomato, garlic, salt and pepper. Pour over the cigars. Spread little pieces of margarine or butter, mint and, if you like, nuts (add calories for the nuts). Cover the cigars with water and place a small plate on top of cigars to hold them down. Simmer for 30 minutes. Pour the juice of the 2 lemons on top of cigars and simmer for another 30 minutes.Makes 12 servings.TIP: You can make this dish even leaner by using wild rice and ground turkey.Number of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LSSCHWARTZ.

The nutritional information for Cabbage Cigars is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 161.2

• Total Fat: 10.1 g
• Cholesterol: 31.3 mg
• Sodium: 59.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 9.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.7 g
• Protein: 8.9 g